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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SERVING THE AREA FROM KANESATAKE TO ROSEMERE Volume 12 Issue 1 2,500 COPIES February/March 2011 teams played very well. The score was tied Nadine Lapointe 1-1 in the last period with seconds to go (Deux-Montagnes Thetford scored to break the tie and prevail Ringuette, with the 2-1 victory. President) and The same day the Bantam B Coyotes, Richard Beaudry ages 11-12 played Chaudiere (Quebec ( H o n o r a r y City). The score was tied 2-2 in the last President). This period. Chaudiere scored late to lead 3-2. was a well Deux-Montagnes came close, to score with o r g a n i z e d the goalie pulled. Chaudiere scored into the tournament and Ringuette Tournament empty net to earn a hard fought victory 4-2. yes the players had By Bobby Fordham On Sunday January 16, 2011 the Deux- fun as did the On Monday, January 10, 2011 Deux- Montagnes Bantam C Team played FANS. Montagnes hosted their 12th Edition of the Thetford Mines in the Final. The lone Lion Arthur Glover with Ringuette tournament at the Deux- scorer for the Coyotes was Jessica Parr as See more pictures Laurie Pominville. she displayed her good skating skills. on page 23. Photo by Umberto Jr. Montagnes Olympia Arena. On Thursday, Roveto January 13, 2011 the Deux-Montagnes Thetford prevailed 3-1 to take the Gold Co yot es/ M os quit o Medal. Deux- Division, ages 4- Montagnes took the 7, played St. Eustache Silver. There was a Table of Contents great team effort by and came away with a Message from the Mayor 2 5-1 victory. They both teams. played a solid team Congratulations to Lions Den 6 game. A player to both teams and to all School Matters 9 watch was Madison of the Deux - Giguere as she Montagnes Coyotes Sue Chef 15 displayed unselfish Teams, and to the play for a very young coaches. Some of Church Mouse 13-14 them are Pat player. Well done. PANDA/CESAME 17 The next game was Giguere, Jeff Nelson, the Junior C team, Gary Nixon and Police Report 19 Manager Margie ages 13-14 they played Health and Fitness 22 Des Moulins. There was great action and Lavallee. lots of scoring plays. The Coyotes finished Congratulations to the referees and Sports Rap 24 strong with the 4-0 win. On Friday, January sponsors. Congratulations go to the A look at Rosemère 26 14, 2011 a great game took place between tournament committee which consists of Thetford Mines and La Capitale. Both Linda Desjardins (Tournament President) Birthday‟s, etc 30 Community Connections Page 2 February/March 2011 provision to be paid to write off the of the plastic bag regulation. Olympia deficit, the Manoir, Phase 1 deficit Congratulations to all citizens and retailers and the pension fund deficit, increases in who helped stop plastic bags from reaching the financial contributions to outside landfill sites in 2010. Since June 2009, Message from organizations and debt repayment). everyone has been using reusable bags for The Mayor Emergency requirements of various their purchases. Congratulations to all! municipal services were also assessed at Our city is 90 years old! $483,350. Dear readers of the Community Connections On August 18, 1921, the village of Saint- I especially wish to thank councillors Eustache-sur-le-Lac was born and was then For myself and on behalf of all the City‟s who were involved in the development and renamed Deux-Montagnes in 1963. The city personnel, I would like to wish you all a adoption of the budget. We are all numbered 300 inhabitants when it was first prosperous new year, filled with joy, peace confident that the collective effort required created. Today the municipality numbers and most of all, good health. from everyone this year will enable the 17,402 inhabitants. Festivities are being stabilizing of our public finances. A collective effort for the recovery of organized in celebration of this special public finances The Citizens’ advisory committees are event and will be publicized in the near The 2011 budget was adopted hard at work future. unanimously on December 9, 2010. After Nearly fifty citizens decided to get Let’s make snow-clearing operations the pre-budget public meetings, your involved in the citizens‟ advisory easier elected officials and I undertook a committees to deal with the following In order to make snow-clearing comprehensive analysis of the city‟s budget issues: Development, Olympia and Manoir operations easier, Public Works is asking items in order to introduce a balanced and Grand-Moulin, Infrastructures, Public everyone not to park on public streets realistic budget while striving to maintain Safety and Civic Spirit, Environment, throughout the day and night and to place services. The budget reached a total of Sports and Recreation and Culture. Most of their garbage bins and recycling bins on $28,060,600, even though the city‟s these met at the end of last year and will their driveway‟s property lines. Public operations incurred an increase of 2.4% pursue their meetings on a monthly basis. works employees will do everything in their compared to 2010 which includes spending Committed to find solutions for the power to have roads cleared for citizens to cuts in the amount of $78,000. This economical and social betterment of the get around in the winter. Please help out by increase in the budget is directly related to City, these citizens have one year to find cooperating with them. Thank you. new mandatory expenses incurred by the sustainable solutions for the issues at stake. City which amount to $1.5 million dollars Work is ongoing and everyone is looking On that note, I wish everyone a wonderful (the beginning of repayment of work forward to a progressive future. start to the New Year and a marvellous performed on the drinking water treatment 1.5 Million Fewer Plastic bags in 2010 Saint Valentine‟s Day. plant and on the aerated ponds, the This was the first full year of application Citizens of Two Mountains Face Municipal Tax Increase of 13.6% in 2011 Summit held in June of 2010. Citizens‟ By Jim Colmer participation in the French sessions numbered about 25 in each session while The City of Two Mountains recently only half a dozen persons participated in held consultation meetings open to its each of the English sessions. This is citizens relating to the 2011 municipal surprising considering how significant the budget. French sessions were held on potential tax increases are for 2011. November 17 and 22 while English sessions Citizens attending these four sessions had a were held on November 18 and 23. The chance to vote, yes or no, with coloured French/English sessions held on November cards (green-yes or red-no) during the 17 and 18 related to police services, fire sessions and this sampling of citizens‟ safety services, recreational services, wishes would be considered when the communications, finance and management council finally voted on which items would expenditures. The French/English sessions be included in the budget and which items held on November 22 and 23 related to would be excluded. Citizens were given a public works, urban planning, the registry chance to ask questions and were also given and municipal council expenditures. a chance to express their opinion on the Departmental directors for each of these budget items verbally during the meetings. categories explained in detail their Those not present at the meetings had an requirements for 2011 in the operations opportunity to express their opinions until budget as well as presenting project December 1 to the city administration. spending items that are necessary either as a result of new requirements or as a result of Tax increase continued on page 16... requests from citizens during the Citizens‟ Community Connections Page 3 February/March 2011 Habitat for Humanity Canada It can also negatively impact individuals‟ an improvement in their children‟s school By Stewart Hardacre education and career paths, and further grades after moving into a Habitat home. President and Chief Executive Officer perpetuate the cycle of poverty. More than half of Habitat families This is a sad fact, but there is hope. experienced an improvement in their It is a sobering reality: 1.3 million Habitat for Humanity Canada is one of children‟s behaviour and nearly two-thirds families, or more than four million many organizations dedicated to finding a reported an improvement in their overall Canadians, are currently living in solution to our national housing crisis. well-being. substandard housing. With an average Habitat provides safe, decent and affordable Though Habitat has successfully placed household income of under $20,000 – housing by giving a hand up, not a hand out. almost 1,800 Canadian families in safe and nearly 75 per cent below the national Habitat‟s Homeownership Program helps affordable homes, there is still much to be average – these men and women, mothers individuals and families in financially done at the national, provincial and and fathers, are forced to make impossible vulnerable situations build and buy quality municipal level. We need to acknowledge choices between adequate shelter and other affordable homes by reducing barriers to that this problem does in fact exist in our basic necessities of life like food, clothing, homeownership. We sell homes with no own backyard. education and medical and dental expenses. down payment, no-interest mortgages, and My hope is that someday there will be no This is a national crisis and it cannot be payments set at 30 per cent or less of the need for a national day to reflect on our ignored.